The file was a text file but is attempting to be run as an executable - installing vim

Question

I am trying to install vim using chocolately

PS C:\opt1\abc> choco install -y vim
Chocolatey v0.10.15
Installing the following packages:
vim
By installing you accept licenses for the packages.
Progress: Downloading vim 8.0.604... 100%

vim v8.0.604 [Approved]
vim package files install completed. Performing other installation steps.
Downloading vim
  from 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/8.0.604/gvim-8-0-604.exe/download'
WARNING: C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\2\chocolatey\vim\8.0.604\download is of content type text/html
Progress: 100% - Completed download of C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\2\chocolatey\vim\8.0.604\download (746
B).
Download of download (746 B) completed.
Installing vim...
WARNING: Write-ChocolateyFailure is deprecated and will be removed in v2. If you are the package maintainer, please use
'throw $_.Exception' instead.
ERROR: The file was a text file but is attempting to be run as an executable - 'C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Tem
p\2\chocolatey\vim\8.0.604\download'
The install of vim was NOT successful.
Error while running 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\vim\tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1'.
 See log for details.

Chocolatey installed 0/1 packages. 1 packages failed.
 See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).

Failures
 - vim (exited 4) - Error while running 'C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\vim\tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1'.
 See log for details.

Did I specify the wrong package? How can I get it fixed?

Answer 1

As pointed out in the top (currently 5 month old) comment on the Chocolatey page for Vim, the package seems to be pulling from the wrong URL (see the install script under Files) and is likely getting an .html file back, rather than an executable. The correct URL is currently:

https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/vim/pc/gvim81.exe

according to the official site for Vim. The package URL would need to be updated in order to pull from that link.